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FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1994 • ATHENS, GEORGIA • VOLUME 101, 120
Gym Dogs advance to Super 6
Despite low score and a few spills,
Yoculan’s team to compete in final meet
By JOSH KENDALL
Staff Writer
SALT LAKE CITY - It was not, by far their
prettiest of the season, but the Lady Gym Dogs
advanced to the “Super Six,” held tonight at 7
here in the Jon M. Huntsman Center, where
the 1994 National Champion will be decided.
UCLA and Michigan will join the Gym Dogs
for the right to compete for the crown. The
remaining three members of the Super Six
were decided in the evening rotation of the
qualifying round, after press time Thursday
night.
“I am a little disappointed with my team,”
Georgia head coach Suzanne Yoculan said.
“We all agreed that we are here to win a
national title, but we didn’t act like that
tonight.”
Georgia scored a 193.70 and Michigan
recorded a 193.475.
Georgia’s score was their lowest since the
second meet of the season when they recorded
a 194.025 against Florida on Jan. 22.
“I think we have some work to do tonight,”
Yoculan said.
“Certainly, this was a subpar performance
for this team. We really didn’t perform at the
level we are capable of at all, and (our team)
knows that.”
“Maybe we need this to wake us up, and
say, ‘Hello, you are not just going to breeze
through this. You are going to have to work for
(the National Championship),’” senior Gym
Dog Kelly Macy said.
Yoculan said her team would work on their
mental attitude tonight before going into
Friday night’s competition.
“We made a lot of mental mistakes,” she
said. “We need to review these mistakes and
not make them again tomorrow.”
Agina Simpkins provided the brightest spot
for the Gym Dogs with her 39.40 in the all-
around. Thursday night’s scores will decide the
all-around champion, and Simpkins currently
leads the race.
The Gym Dogs started off with a 49.225 on
the vault. In the biggest surprise of the meet,
Leah Brown and Hope Spivey-Sheele/s scores
may not place them in the individual finals for
the vault, which will be held Saturday night.
Brown scored a 9.85 and Spivey-Sheeley
had a 9.875.
“Things like that happen,” Brown said. “I
am not going to lie, I am very disappointed
about it, but it just wasn’t there today.”
Georgia continued to struggle after moving
to the uneven bars. Nneka Logan and Macy
both fell on the bars. Macy won the National
Uneven Bars championship in her freshman
year but lost the chance to compete for the title
this year with her fall.
“I just didn’t feel right,” Macy said. “It was
mental mistakes, and hope fully, it won’t hap
pen tomorrow.”
Georgia had a bye afler the uneven bars
and then moved to the balance beam where
they scored a 48.45. Freshman Leah Brown
and Leslie Angeles each scored a 9.75 in the
first two spots for the Lady Bulldogs. Simpkins
had a 9.85, but falls from Logan and Spivey-
Sheeley hurt the team’s overall score.
The Lady Dogs finished on the floor where
they recorded a 49.01. Spivey-Sheeley led the
way on the floor and currently holds the high
est score in that event. Angeles, Brown and
Simpkins each scored a 9.80.
Gym Dog
Agina
Simpkins
scored a
9.80 on the
floor to help
her score an
all-around of
39.40, the
highest of
the first rota
tion. The
Dogs
advanced to
the "Super
Six" at the
National
Champion
ships in Salt
Lake City,
but scored
their lowest
team score
since the
second meet
of the sea
son.
Freaknik: The
place to be
this weekend
By JOSH KRACH
Staff Writer
As 150,000 black college students
from across the country converge on
Atlanta Midtown for Freaknik this
weekend, many University students
said they are taking time from their
studies for the annual three-day
megabash.
“I’m kind of stressed about school, so
I’m going to Freaknik to hang with my
friends and have a good time,” said
Stephanie Billeau, a freshman from
Chicago. “A lot of my friends have gone,
and they told me it’s a lot of fun.”
Billeau said the main problem with
Freaknik, according to her friends, is
the sheer number of people attending.
Because of the expected turnout, city
courts plan to conduct special weekend
sessions to handle potential jail over
crowding.
Freaknik’s events will sprawl over
Midtown, from Piedmont Park to
Morris Brown College, and stretching
to the Lakewood Fairgrounds.
Telvis Rich, a senior from
Thomasville and president of the
Student Government Association, said
he attended past Freakniks but plans
to stay in Athens during this year’s
event.
“It’s much like a family gathering,
but on a greater magnitude,” Rich said.
For other students, Freaknik holds
little interest.
“I have no opinion on Freaknik,
actually," said Stephen Robinson, a
sophomore from Piedmont, S.C. “I don’t
see rock concerts. It’s just a giant party
with drunks jumping around.”
Scheduled performers represent the
cream of hot urban music acts. Among
them are Queen Latifah, Snoop Doggy
Dogg, the Grammy Award-winning
Digable Planets, Tag Team, Luke/2
Live Crew, A Tribe Called Quest and
Zhan6, who opened for Arrested
Development at Legion Field last week
end.
The prices to see these venue-pack
ing entertainers range from no charge
to $10.
The Associated Press contributed to
this article.
MARY SAMR/The Red end Bloch
Scottish eyes are smiling
Brandon Davis, a native of Rochester, N.Y., plays his bagpipe on North
Campus. He has been seen and heard on campus for the past few days dur
ing his stay in Athens with a friend. He said he has been playing the bag
pipe for three years.
Anniversary of Stone’s death
brings memories, few answers
By KERRY HENDRY
Staff Writer
University graduate Randy Brooks
says he was fortunate to be the last per
son to see his best friend, student
Jennifer Stone, before she was murdered
two years ago.
Stone, 22, was raped and strangled in
her apartment on Hull Street on April 23,
1992. But police, friends and family said
they never stop thinking about her and
remain hopeful that her killer will be
caught and prosecuted.
“Jenny kept me going,” Brooks said.
“There is never a time when she is not in
your head.”
Brooks said he still thinks of Stone
every minute of each day and has been
re-enacting the ordeal he endured during
spring quarter 1992 in his mind.
Sgt. W. J. Smith, of the Athens-Clarke
County police, said investigators are try
ing to locate a “suspicious” man who was
seen in Athens before Stone’s death but
disappeared two weeks after her partial
ly clothed body was found. But this man
is one of more than 300 people police
have questioned in connection with the
case.
Smith said he
works the case
every day making
phone calls, re
reading Stone’s
file and looking at
serial rapists in
other states.
Smith said 47 sus
pects have
already been elim
inated through
DNA blood sam
pling.
A reward of
$13,000 generated
by Gov. Zell Miller, the ACC govern
ment, the University foundation and the
Athens Downtown Council has been
offered for anyone with information that
helps police find the killer.
Smith said one of his biggest leads
was in July 1992 when cameras that had
been taken from Stone’s apartment were
recovered. The cameras were found in a
house on Jefferson River Road and were
traded for crack cocaine three hours after
Brooks last talked with Stone, according
to Smith.
Please see STONE, page 8.
Four Dogs are contenders for NFL draft
By TED KIAN
Staff Writer
The Georgia Bulldogs expect four
players to be selected in the National
Football League’s annual draft on
either Sunday or Monday, according to
Pro Football Weekly draft expert Joel
Buchsbaum.
Offensive tackle Bernard Williams is
expected to be drafted somewhere dur
ing the first round on Sunday. Outside
linebacker Mitch Davis will likely be
taken on Monday between the third to
sixth rounds.
Defensive back Greg Tremble could
go as high as the fourth round or may
slip through the draft’s seven rounds
without being selected. Tight end
Shannon Mitchell may be taken during
the sixth or seventh round.
Williams (6-foot-9, 317 pounds) is
being rated a boom or bust type by most
draft experts, due to his weak perfor
mance at the NFL scouting combine in
Indianapolis.
“Williams is the wild card pick of the
first round,” Buchsbaum said. “He could
go as high as the sixth pick overall or
fall as low as the 21st pick.”
Although he runs an unspectacular
5.3 second 40-yard dash, Williams uses
his incredible frame and 36-inch arms .
to be an effective pass blocker.
However, his size makes it difficult for
him to get much leverage or power in
run blocking.
Williams was named first-team All-
American by Football News after last
season. He was a three-year starter on
the Georgia offensive line, after letter
ing on the defensive line as a freshman.
“I had Williams rated as the highest I
rated tackle in my yearbook, but his
strength at the combine really hurt
him,” said Draft Insiders’ Digest editor
Frank Coyle. “If he doesn’t fall in the
middle of the first round, he’ll definite
ly be gone the latter part of round one.”
Please see DRAFT, page 5.
Junior Brown's guit-steel act attracts both cowboys and punkers alike.
Junior Samples to give Athens a sampling of his country blues
By JOHN EDWARDS
Staff Writer
Austin, Texas-based Junior Brown, who
plays at the Georgia Theatre Saturday night,
may not have a packaged Nashville country
image. He does have, however, a solid collection
of steel guitar jams and some clever country
jingles.
Brown, who recently received raves from
People, Life and The New York Times for his
newest album, “Guit With It,” is currently
regarded as the hottest new sound in country
music. His live shows attract everyone from
dip-spitting cowboys to nose-pierced punk rock
ers.
“I throw a little bit of everything in -
Hawaiian, Surf, Blues, Jazz - all kinds of ideas,
but not to the extent to where it ruins the
music," Brown said in a telephone interview
Wednesday. “I think the different styles may
surprise people and make them interested."
Unlike such pop acts as Garth Brooks and
Clint Black, who resulted from market
research, Junior Brown said he stays true to
the sound which gives him the most personal
pleasure, something he learned from the great
Earnest Tubb. He still remembers the 70s,
when he found himself a local legend in Austin,
as a time when he was occasionally forced to
play with bands that catered to the passing
John Travolta-Debra Winger fad.
“After 74/75, things got real pop,” Brown
said. “A real pop era for country music. The out
law business, the “Urban Cowboy,’ and all those
little fads just came and went."
Today, donning a coat and tie and a Texas-
style cowboy hat, Brown could easily be mis
taken for J.R. Ewing on stage. However, the
image seems contradictory thanks to the pres
ence of his "guit-steel," a double-necked combi
nation six string guitar and steel guitar which
he invented. Using this instrument, Brown
posaesses the power to absolutely command the
stage.
On such instrumental jams as “Guit-Steel
Blues” and “Sugarfoot Rag," Brown, accompa
nied by his talented wife, Tanya Rae, demon
strates a flair for improvisation that rivals the
late Stevie Ray Vaughn. When he unleashes
his baritone vocals, however, the music
becomes a vehicle for the crooning fashioned by
Conway Twitty.
On occasion, the themes of Brown’s song
writing may indulge in such social issues as
farm aid and the homeless, such as in the song,
“Don’t Sell The Farfn.” Still, Brown says this
was unintentional and that he doesn't attempt
to preach to his fans.
“I think people are too serious about all that
stuff," he said. “It’s fine if you’ve got some big
cause you wanna get behind and write songs
about, but that’s not what I do.
“Tin not trying to change the world."
Junior Brown wilt be performing at the
Georgia Theatre on Saturday night, Neal
Pait man Blues Band opens. Tickets are $5. For
more info: 549-9918.
